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All Of Us' Shawn Young Responds to video of Police Knee Hold

by: The Sanctuary for Independent Media

Publication date: 2020-07-16

Topics: Civic Education &amp, Government, Local Government, Peace, Social Justice &amp, Activism, Stories

Language: English

Item Size: 77.1M

On July 10 officials in Schenectady banned police from placing a knee on a person's head or neck as a control hold. This happened days after police officer Brian Pommer used the maneuver on Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press spoke with Shawn Young from All of Us Community Action Group about this.